mutchkin (muchkin)

[ fourth part of a Scotch pint. Come, bring the tither mutchkin in, And here's for a conclusion, To every New Light mother's son, From this time forth, Confusion. Burns, The Ordination. mute mutel (mut), a. and n. [ Whan the i were alle to-geder, the i were alle stille and mewet as though the i hadde be dom be. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 172. But I was mute for want of person I could converse with. Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 100. 2. Incapable of utterance; not having the power of speech; dumb; hence, done, made, etc., without speech or sound. With mute care es shall declare The tenderne they cannot speak. Bryant, Crowded Street. He felt that mute appeal of tears. Whittier, Witch's Daughter. 3. In gram. and philol .: (a) Silent; not pro 3914